Landscape after Mi Fu

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Artist: Min Zhen (Chinese, 1730–1788)
Medium: Album leaf, ink on paper
Size: Sheet: 29 x 18.4 cm (11 7/16 x 7 1/4 in.)
Culture: China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911)
Museum: Cleveland Museum of Art
Rights: CC0 — no rights reserved

Min Zhen, who was orphaned at age 12 and developed an eccentric personality, was trained by Tang Yin (1682–1756), a writer, playwright, and superintendent of the imperial porcelain workshops in Jingdezhen. The connection to him may have enabled Min to stay in Beijing for a decade from around 1773. It is not clear whether he ever resided in Yangzhou, but his style is in many instances reminiscent of that of Yangzhou artist Huang Shen. This album demonstrates Min’s versatility and mature style in the last years of his life.